The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Dont Worry Desmond Dekker (Ukulele)

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Artist: Mighty Mighty BossToneS Song: Don't Worry Desmond Dekker Album: Medium Rare Tabbed By: Parker Taylor Any questions or complaints about this tab: [email protected] Play in a off-beat upstroke rythm throughout the song. This song is done on bar chords so here's the chords in the order that they appear on the song.

     C       G       F
e|---5---|---7---|---5---|
B|---5---|---9---|---7---|
G|---6---|---9---|---7---|
D|---7---|---9---|---7---|
A|---7---|---7---|---5---|
E|---5---|---7---|---5---|

Verse 1:

C
What happened up on Hemmingway

G
Well. we will never change

F                          C      G
You used to be a friend of mine

C
The last 5 years went by so fast

G
So fast I find it strange

F                          C      G
The beneficial medicine of time

Chorus:

C                      G
And I, I can hear your laughter

                 F
It stays with me after

         C      G
All this time

C                       G
And I, I still got your records

              F
Clash and The Selecter

C               F                      C
And don’t worry Desmond Dekker's doing fine.

Horns: C F G C F Verse 2:

C
But doors were shut, the lines were cut,

G
The walls went up so quick

F                               C       G
The windows of opportunity were small

C
Brides collapsed, divides were wide

G
Sides we had to pick

F                        C       G
And oh yeah, I forgot to call

(Chorus) Bridge: C G F C G

C                  G      F               
Seeds to the roots to the trunk to the truth

C                          G
It’s understanding when it first began

C                         G
In the day up to the sky

F                    C
And we climbed up so high

C                 G                  F
And we carried on the only way we can

C
Laugh on and live

G
Learn how to forgive

F                        C               G
What we have could be as good as what we get

C
If you forgot,

G
Now, I still got

F                                    C           F
What you gave to me way back when we first met.

F
What you gave to me way back when we first met

(Chorus)

C                   G
I, I still got your records

F
Clash and The Selecter

C                F                      C
and don’t worry, Desmond Dekker's doing fine.